CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Handog

As a corporate citizen, San Miguel Foods recognizes its responsibility in helping create a better world, starting with areas where the business operates. Being one of the country’s largest food companies with products that span various categories, the Company commits to do its part in providing solutions not only for nutrition and health, but for other pillars of social development as well.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Handog

At San Miguel Foods, we want to give back. We recognize our responsibility to help create a BETTER WORLD. We are guided by the value of corporate citizenship. Our decision makers, together with employees in their respective areas, are cognizant of the impact that our operations have on the environment and nearby communities. We do our best to minimize any environmental damage and to restore nature as much as we can. We interact with the communities around us, providing employment or livelihood, and addressing basic needs such as food, water and health care. We seek to provide equitable opportunities, contributing to further progress of the Philippines as a nation 

But beyond providing solutions for nutrition and health, we are driven by the motivation to achieve sustainability by doing what is always good. 

What started out as a supplemental nutrition program for children affected by malnutrition, Handog Lusog Nutrisyon Para Sa Nasyon, in 2010 has now evolved into Handog—a simpler name for the San Miguel Food Group’s flagship Corporate Social Responsibility program, but definitely more holistic in coverage with its five (5) subcategories: Karunungan, Kalusugan, Komunidad, Kalikasan, and Kabuhayan.

Karunungan

Scholarship for SEED beneficiaries in Sumilao, Bukidnon


The School for Experiential Education Development (SEED) is a two-year program that follows TESDA’s accredited curriculum for social entrepreneurship training. Underprivileged youth in Sumilao get to be part of a school where they learn about agri-business. The goal is for them to produce products of their own that the company can also help sell through its different businesses. San Miguel Foods’ Handog provides funding for the miscellaneous educational expenses of the scholars.

Kalusugan

Happy si Mommy, Malusog si Baby: A First 1,000 Days Project


Happy si Mommy, Malusog si Baby is a health and nutrition intervention for the first 1,000 days of a child’s life, starting from the mother’s conception until the child reaches the age of two.


Kalikasan

Coral rescue program in Anilao, Mabini, Batangas 


To help protect and preserve the rich marine biodiversity of Anilao in Mabini, Batangas, where the company’s flour milling plant and shipping terminal are located, San Miguel Foods launched a coral rescue program among employees and friends who are licensed scuba divers. 


Coral reefs provide an important ecosystem for life underwater. Thousands of marine animals depend on coral reefs for survival, including some species of sea turtles, fish, crabs, shrimp, jellyfish, sea birds, starfish, and more. Coral reefs also provide shelter, spawning grounds, and protection from predators. 


Under the supervision of a marine biologist, San Miguel Foods initially planted 100 corals at a depth of nine meters in Barangay San Teodoro, the southern part of the Mabini. The site is expected to achieve a survival rate of 60% and build a rich fish community. As the company monitors how the site progresses, it will be able to measure the program’s effectiveness in terms of fish biomass and number of fish species in the area. Because as the coral community improves, the fish community and other reef associated organisms also improve. 


Kabuhayan

Providing livelihood to indigent members of the community


This program identifies indigent members of communities that have basic or potential entrepreneurial skills and grants start-up capital for San Miguel Foods’ Community Resellers Program. Qualified community resellers are then trained how to sell and market various Magnolia Chicken products so that they are able to acquire a steady source of income while making our products more accessible to consumers. The company monitors the sales performance of these community resellers and offers assistance where and when needed. 



Komunidad

Support to Communities


Handog partners with communities in helping address socio-economic problems and provides the resources needed to assist them in their advocacies.


As a member of the SMC group of companies, Handog supports the SMC Foundation’s purpose of creating a lasting impact in all SMC communities. Similarly, Handog also supports the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals that takes aims to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all.